We must save Manor Farm

EDITOR — I refer to your article last week regarding to the proposed development at Manor Farm, Mill Lane, Byfleet. What this article failed to make clear is that only two acres of this enormous site are being developed for housing. The other 50 acres are being ‘donated’ to Woking council for an exchange for the necessary planning permission. We do not know what Woking council intends to do with this 50-acre site, only that it is to become ‘recreational use’. At present this is green belt land. Does it mean, therefore, that we are to see it desecrated with football pitches, changing blocks, overhead lighting, car parks and the like? Woking council refuses to confirm its intentions for now and, more importantly, the future. The residents surrounding this green belt area do not want its use changed. Until Woking council comes clean with what it intends, I urge all residents to write in and object to this whole scheme as a matter of urgency and demand a public meeting so that everyone can make their views clear. This could be Byfleet’s last chance to save a very beautiful area from destruction. Please do not allow this to happen. Cllr Simon Hutton Mill Lane Byfleet